“ Hi! I want this meetup so that I can meet other homeschool families and share ideas and homeschool life with. ”

“ I want to meet great friends and share support for each other. I want my children to be social and meet great friends. I want this to be a great experience for my whole family and familys we meet. ”

“ Hi I have been homeschooling my four children for the past 3 years & would love to network with other home schoolers in the area. My personal needs are a more structured (not sky rocketed cost) PE program for my children. I am will help where I can! ”

“ We are moving to the Amanda in Aug. Iam so excited abou this group and would love to be involved as much as possible. I will start homeschooling my children 4 and 6 starting fall 2009! I hope to meet of other parents that will share all their ideas. ”

“ We just moved to Ohio from Michigan and I would like to meet other homeschool families in my new area. ”

“ Hello, We are new to homeschooling and looking to get connected with other families! Pam ”

“ I have 3 kids (14, 12, 10), one still being homeschooled. I only have my kids part-time. My main area of interest has always been education regarding homeschool laws in Ohio, and I have done presentations at homeschool events. ”

“ Hi, I am Tamara and have been homeschooling my daughters for 4 years. I have a yahoo group for Athens area homeschoolers with 80 or so members. If you would like to promote your meetup there, feel free to join! ”

“ I want to meet other people near where I live who share my interests. ”

“ I am an exchange program director and I am in need of host families to welcome three students for 8 weeks this August/September 2007. I try to eat organic whenever I can. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I want to meet other Sonlighters. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I plan to homeschool our children. I would like to meet and get to know some people that are already doing it. I don't have a background with it so meeting some experienced people would definitely be a comfort. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I would like to interact with other homeshcool mom's and for my children to begin prosperous relationships with other children who school at home! ”

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“ Love museums, love art, love spending my days off at parks and museums of all kinds. I work almost all the time and am new(ish) to the area so I am trying to use meetup to make some more local friends. ”

“ I want local Homeschool Meetups because I am homeschooling my special needs grandson who desperately needs some friends... ”

“ I want local Homeschool Meetups because support and new ideas. ”

“ Hi everyone. My name is Katherine. I have a 8 year son, and a 5 year old daughter. I have been homeschooling for 3 years, with Ohio Virtual Academy, and we love it. ”